Here are a couple of High Achiever credit files. Interesting, it's my credit history length, average-age of accounts and inqs that have set me back quite a bit with EX. With the first two, there's not much I can do.
FICO Scores:
EQ: 777
EX: 734
TU: 792
EQ Report (777):
overall revolving utilization is 9% (< 10%)
credit history length 28.5 years
average-age of accounts is 6 years
0 inqs
no lates and no other derogs
14 total trade lines
9 open trade lines:
1 unsecured loan 10K/bal 6.8K
1 BoA unsecured LOC 26.5K CL/ bal 5211
Amex Blue 20K/bal 0
Amex Plat
Chase Visa 19.3K/bal 1871
Discover Motiva 10K (suppose to be 50K)/bal 0
FIA Fidelity Visa 25K/bal 2521
First Hawaiian Bank Visa 10K/bal 0
Macy's Gold 2.7K/bal 0
5 closed trade lines
1 auto loan paid and closed; never late
1 unsecured loan paid and closed; never late
Amex Gold AU account $0 bal; never late
Amex Gold account (dupe account); never late
CITI Dividends MC $0 bal; never late
EX Report (734):
overall revolving utilization is 9% (< 10%)
credit history length is 14.5 years
average-age of accounts < 3 years
3 inqs
no lates and no other derogs
13 total trade lines
9 open trade lines:
1 unsecured loan 10K/bal 6.8K
1 BoA unsecured LOC 26.5K CL/ bal 5211
Amex Blue 20K/bal 0
Amex Plat
Chase Visa 19.3K/bal 1871
Discover Motiva 10K (suppose to be 50K)/bal 0
FIA Fidelity Visa 25K/bal 2521
First Hawaiian Bank Visa 10K/bal 0
Macy's Gold 2.7K/bal 0
4 closed trade lines
1 auto loan paid and closed; never late
1 unsecured loan paid and closed; never late
Amex Gold account (dupe account); never late
CITI Dividends MC $0 bal; never late
TU Report (792):
overall revolving utilization is 9% (< 10%)
credit history length 28.5 years
average-age of accounts is 6 years
0 inqs
no lates and no other derogs
14 total trade lines
9 open trade lines:
1 unsecured loan 10K/bal 6.8K
1 BoA unsecured LOC 26.5K CL/ bal 5211
Amex Blue 20K/bal 0
Amex Plat
Chase Visa 19.3K/bal 1871
Discover Motiva 10K (suppose to be 50K)/bal 0
FIA Fidelity Visa 25K/bal 2134
First Hawaiian Bank Visa 10K/bal 0
Macy's Gold 2.7K/bal 0
5 closed trade lines
1 auto loan paid and closed; never late
1 unsecured loan paid and closed; never late
Amex Gold AU account $0 bal; never late
Amex Gold account (dupe account); never late
CITI Dividends MC $0 bal; never late
The differences in scores is big and here is why:
- EX has a credit history length of 14.5 years comapred to EQ and TU which is 28 years 5 months
(estimated loss in points is 10-15)
- EX average-age of accounts is < 3 years compared to EQ and TU which is 6 years
(estimated loss in points is 15+)
- EX has 3 inqs compared with EQ and TU which have 0 inqs
( estimated loss in points is 15-20)
I think these differences account for at least 40-55 points.
